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Johnny Marr and Shaun Keaveny talk about how synthesisers, studio technology and rave culture transformed guitar music in the UK. With music from Pet Shop Boys, New Order, Electronic and more.

Produced in Salford by BBC Audio North for BBC Radio 6 Music Indie Forever.

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Music Played

  • The Strokes

    Last Nite

    • The Strokes - Is This It.
    • Rough Trade Records.

  • The Jam

    A Town Called Malice

    • Polydor.

  • Florence + the Machine

    You've Got The Love

    • CD SINGLE.
    • MOSHI MOSHI.
    • 1.

  • The Stone Roses

    Fools Gold

    • Precious - Various Artists.
    • Dino.

  • Pet Shop Boys

    West End Girls

    • PET SHOP BOYS DISCOGRAPHY.
    • Parlophone.

  • Kraftwerk

    The Model

    • Now.

  • Donna Summer

    I Feel Love

    • Mercury.

  • Gina X Performance

    No G.D.M.

    • EMI.

  • The Gun Club

    Sex Beat

  • The Smiths

    Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me

    • Rough Trade.

  • The Smiths

    A Rush and a Push and the Land Is Ours (2011 Remaster)

    • Strangeways, Here We Come.
    • WM UK.
    • 1.

  • The Beatles

    A Day In The Life

    • APPLE.

  • Massive Attack

    Unfinished Sympathy

    • Virgin.

  • S’Express

    Theme From S-Express

    • NUMBER ONES OF DANCE.
    • Telstar.

  • The Stone Roses

    Fools Gold

    • Silvertone.

  • The Prodigy

    Out of Space

    • XL.

  • Happy Mondays

    Wrote For Luck (2025 Remaster)

    • The Factory Singles (Best Of Deluxe).
    • London Records (Because Ltd).
    • 5.

  • Primal Scream

    Loaded

    • Now.

  • Happy Mondays

    Loose Fit

    • Factory.

  • Pet Shop Boys

    This Must Be the Place I Waited Years to Leave (2018 Remaster)

    • Behaviour: Further Listening 1990 - 1991 (2018 Remaster).
    • Rhino/Parlophone.
    • 2.

  • Electronic

    Getting Away With It

    • Factory.

  • Electronic

    Disappointed

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • 808 State

    Pacific State

    • (CD Single).
    • ZTT.

  • The Avalanches

    The Divine Chord (feat. MGMT & Johnny Marr)

    • EMI Records.

  • Beck

    Milk And Honey

    • Midnite Vultures.
    • Geffen.
    • 8.

  • Daft Punk

    Digital Love

    • Virgin.

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